Celebrating Valentine's Day When you're a single parent, Valentine's Day can bring up some feelings that we don't want to deal with anymore. Loneliness, past hurts, longing for companionship, hopelessness, jealousy, disdain the list goes on far too long. If it weren't for our kids, Valentine's Day could just as well pass unnoticed.
Why not gain some perspective and see how this can be your best Valentine's Day yet! It's up to you to decide how to feel about this 'Hallmark Holiday'.
You choose whether or not to continue holding those old feelings and fueling them which results in the kind of limbo that ends up being unproductive and ultimately destructive if left unchecked. Or - you can acknowledge what you are feeling and then let it go.
When you do let go, what's left is a blank page - ready for you to write who you are and how you are now. It's the art of not letting your past define you. Create your own vision - then start taking one step at a time towards living that vision. |